Picasso triggerfish
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Picasso fish or Humuhumu | image = Picasso.triggerfish.arp.jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Actinopterygii | ordo = Tetraodontiformes | familia = Balistidae | genus = Rhinecanthus | species = R. aculeatus | binomial = Rhinecanthus aculeatus | binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) }}
The Picasso Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus), Blackbar triggerfish or Humuhumu (or the full Hawaiian and Hawaiian English humuhumu-nukunuku-apua'a "the fish that makes a sound like a pig") is a triggerfish, up to 30 centimeter in length, found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It was named after the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso due to the remarkable colour pattern with yellow and blue stripes across the head.
Behavior
Picasso Triggerfish live in the shallow flats and sandy areas of coral reefs where it eats just about anything it comes along (small fish, crustaceans, sea urchins, coral, worms, etc). They are always restlessly swimming around and can vigorously protect their territory against intruders, including divers, especially when guarding their eggs during reproduction season. Fortunately, their relative small size makes them much less dangerous than its larger brother the Titan Triggerfish.
 Picasso Triggerfish live on the flat areas of the reef. |
